Attractions
Phone: 870-430-5229
Text: 870-421-7428
Big Spring Park
Cotter, AR - 9.2 Miles
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This is a local park on the White River in Cotter AR. There are plenty of things to keep you entertained for a few hours. There are picnic tables, rest rooms/changing areas, a swimming hole, and a rope swing to keep the kids entertained!
Fred Berry Nature Center / Crooked Creek
Yellville, AR - 20 Miles
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Located on Crooked Creek is one of four Arkansas Game and Fish Conservation Education Centers. Family nights and summer programs feature conservation and outdoor recreation instruction for kids and families.
Bull Shoals Boat Dock
Bull Shoals, AR - 24 Miles
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Bull Shoals Lake Boat Dock provides everything in fishing and boating. They offer a wide variety of boat and houseboat rentals, scuba equipment rentals and scuba instructions & training, guided fishing trips on Bull Shoals Lake and White River, an on-site convenience store, and a Bait/Tackle Shop.
Norfork Trout Hatchery & Dry Run Creek
Norfork, AR - 27 Miles
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Established in 1955, the Norfork National Fish Hatchery is a cold water hatchery primarily for the production of trout to restock the tailwaters below Norfork, Bull Shoals and other dams. The hatchery is responsible for raising three kinds of trout: rainbow, brown and cutthroat.
Norfork Lake
Arkansas - 28 Miles
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Norfork Lake has more than 550 miles of shoreline and covers some 22,000 acres. There are 19 developed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers parks that provide plenty of opportunities for camping, fishing and for water sports.
James A. Gaston Visitor Center
Bull Shoals, AR - 22 Miles
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The $4.7-million center is an environmental education learning center and feature interpretation of the river, dam and lake, and their histories. State-of-the-art interpretive exhibits are in the lobby, along with a gift shop, and Johnboat Theater and Exhibit Hall, a 1,720-square-foot area filled with images of the river, lake and dam. An observation tower, gift shop, two classrooms and park offices are also a part of the center.
Buffalo River
Calf Creek Township, AR - 35 Miles
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Established in 1972, Buffalo National River flows freely for 135 miles and is one of the few remaining undammed rivers in the lower 48 states. Once you arrive, prepare to journey from running rapids to quiet pools while surrounded by massive bluffs as you cruise through the Ozark Mountains down to the White River.
Blanchard Springs
Fifty Six - 66 Miles
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Blanchard Springs Caverns is one of the most spectacular and carefully developed caves found anywhere in the world. It is located in the Ozark National Forest and is believed to have been formed, and continually changed, by an ongoing mountain spring that pours into a glassy-surfaced trout pond below the cave, called Mirror Lake.
Branson
Branson, MO - 80.5 Miles
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Branson is an Ozark town in southwest Missouri known as a family vacation destination. Its 76 Country Boulevard is famously lined with theaters, which once hosted mostly country music performers but today present diverse entertainment.
Wonders Of Wildlife Aquarium
Springfield, MO - 111 Miles
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Wonders of Wildlife in Springfield, Missouri, showcases more than 225 species of live animals, fresh and saltwater aquariums, interactive displays and educational programs.
Scenic and quaint are two words that well describe the town of Jasper, AR. Located in Newton County, the small town is surrounded by natural beauty of where the nation's first national river, the Buffalo, begins to flow. The area is packed with outdoor opportunities like hiking, canoeing, caving, rock climbing, fishing, hunting, mountain biking and horseback riding–the perfect spot for an adventure vacation. A herd of about 450 elk roam the Buffalo River corridor at Boxley Valley, Steel Creek, Kyle's Landing, Erbie, Ozark, Pruitt, and even on private lands, and Newton County is known as the Elk Capital of Arkansas.
Newton County
Jasper, AR - 62.5 Miles
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Phone: 870-430-5229
Text: 870-421-7428